Nishida only informed Stripey and Asuna of the fishing date three days later in the morning. It seemed that he had gone around to publicize this matter to his fishing companions. It was said that there would be about 30 spectators attending the day.
The temperature today was considered warm in this season. After walking for a while in the huge conifer forest, Stripey and Asuna saw the sparkling water surface between the tree trunks. Many people had gathered by the lake.
After walking over with a nervous heart, the short and muscular man that he knew raised his hand with a familiar laugh.
"Wow, ha, ha, the weather is sunny, it's great!”
"Hello, Mr. Nishida!" Ban and Asuna nodded at him. This was a group that recruited people of all ages. It was said that everyone was a member of the Fishing Guild organized by Nishida.
Asuna greeted them nervously, but when she realized that no one seemed to recognize her, she couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
"Okay, then we're about to start our main event today!”After Nishida, who was holding a long fishing rod in one hand, announced loudly, the crowd cheered.
Mark looked at the thick fishing line casually and sighed when he saw the thing hanging at the front. It was a lizard just like the original, and it was a very large lizard, about the size of an adult's upper arm. The red and black protruding surface of the body seemed to be full of poison, shining as if it was showing its freshness.
Asuna, who noticed the object a little later than Stripey, pulled a long face and took two or three steps back.
At this moment, Nishida turned to the surface of the lake and raised the fishing rod above his head. Then, he swung the fishing rod with all his might. He swung the fishing rod in a beautiful posture. The huge lizard let out a whoosh in the air and drew an arc in the air. Not long after, it splashed a lot of water on the surface of the water a little further away and fell into the lake.
There was almost no waiting time for fishing in SAO. As long as the bait was thrown into the water, it would be known within ten seconds whether the prey had successfully taken the bait or the bait had been eaten. Everyone swallowed their saliva and stared at the fishing line that had sunk into the water.
As expected, the front end of the fishing rod vibrated a few times, but Nishida remained motionless.
"He, he's here! Nishida-san!" Asuna reminded him softly. It seemed that she thought that Nishida was blind...
"It's still too early!" Nishida's kindly eyes behind his glasses shone with a dazzling light. He carefully looked at the front end of the fishing rod that was constantly vibrating, and the tip of the fishing rod was pulled down at an even greater angle.
"Now!" Nishida's short body leaned back and used all his strength to lift the fishing rod. The tension of the fishing line was obvious to the onlookers. The sound of the effect was heard in the air.
"He took the bait! I'll leave the rest to you!" Ban had just taken the fishing rod from Nishida when a strong pull pulled the line into the water.
"Is it okay to pull this hard?" Stripey was worried about the durability of the fishing rod and line, so he asked Nishida.
"This is the highest grade! It's fine if you pull as hard as you can!" Stripey nodded at Nishida, whose face was flushed with excitement, and instantly exerted a huge amount of strength with his right hand.
"Ah! You can see it now!" Asuna leaned out and pointed at the water.
There was a commotion among the audience, and then everyone rushed to the edge of the water and looked down at the lake at an angle from the shore.
Seeing everyone's excitement, Ban couldn't help but want to scare them with the lungfish in the original novel. So he used all his strength to pull the fishing rod up.
“……？”All of a sudden, the people who were peeking out of the lake in front of Ban's eyes trembled, and each of them took two to three steps back.
" You guys ran way too fast…" Ban's eyes were wide open, and his mouth was agape. Asuna's voice came from afar.
"Ban, be careful!" Stripey turned around and saw that everyone, including Asuna and Nishida, had already rushed to the shore. Stripey was quite a distance away from them. Stripey sweated in his heart before turning back to look at the lake.
There stood a fish. To be more specific, it was somewhere between a fish and a reptile. It was a half-evolved creature that looked like a corethorn but was closer to a reptile.
Its whole body was dripping with waterfall-like water droplets. Its six thick feet stepped on the grass by the shore and looked down at Ban. The reason why it was described as looking down was that the guy was at least two meters tall. Its mouth, which looked like it could swallow an entire cow in one bite, was slightly higher than Ban's head. The lizard's feet were also exposed at the corner of its mouth.
The huge ancient fish's basketball-sized eyes were on both sides of its head. When it looked at Stripey, a yellow arrow that represented a monster automatically appeared in Stripey's vision.
Nishida, who was next to Asuna, shouted as if he had regained his ability to think,""Asuna, your husband is in danger!”
"No, I want to give it to him.”
"What are you talking about? He grabbed the fishing rod from his partner, then posed with a tragic expression and prepared to rush to Spot. Asuna had to stop the old fishing master.
The giant fish didn't slow down. It opened its mouth with countless sharp teeth and jumped up as if it wanted to swallow Ban.
Facing that bloody mouth, Ban calmly stretched out his right hand and shouted,"Shenluo Heavenly Sign (Star Luo Heavenly Shot)!”
As an infinite amount of power burst out, the repulsive force sent the huge fish flying. The HP bar of the huge fish in the air was reduced to zero, and then the huge body immediately turned into huge glowing fragments that scattered in all directions.
After a while, the sound of something shattering could be heard, causing huge ripples on the surface of the lake.
"You…are you Lord Ban from the strategy team?”One of the young female players took two to three steps forward and stared at Ban. Then, her face instantly lit up.
"That's right, that's right! Because I have your photo!"
" Oh…" Ban smiled stiffly and took a few steps back. Although he enjoyed the girl's admiring gaze, Asuna was already walking over…
Then, the surrounding people exclaimed more than twice as loudly as before.
"Isn't that Miss Asuna from the Blood Alliance Knights?”
"Wow, it's a real person!"
"I'm so, so touched! "I can't believe I can see Lord Stripey's battle from such a close distance…Oh, right, can you help me sign…" The pretty girl suddenly shut her mouth and looked back and forth between Stripey and Asuna two or three times. Finally, she said with a dull expression,""You…you two, are you married…"
As a result, the news of Blood Shura from the Strategy Group and Asuna from the Blood Alliance Knights getting married spread throughout the entire Sword God's Domain. Those intelligence agents made a lot of money from this news.
The lungfish incident ended just like that. Everyone played for a while before going home to rest…
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